Retweet New Mario Game in the Works?

Somebody's obviously excited! No less than Charles Martinet, the famed voice behind Mario the plumber, has taken to his Twitter to tweet about "a new Mario game". And no, he's apparently not referring to the New Super Mario Bros. Wii.

Said his highly intriguing tweets:

Mamma Mia!!! I'm going to Seattle this week to record a new Mario game! Woo Hooo!!!!!! I can hardly wait!!!!

A couple of days later, he follows it up with:

Big day tomorrow! Seattle for a new Mario game! Yippeee!!! And just as a joke, it's going to rain...in San Francisco tomorrow!

And then, some 11 hours ago:

Awesome new Mario Game! And it's not NSMB Wii, and it's not Galaxy 2, but it's going to be crazy fun!


Another Mario game in the works, huh? What could it be? Do you have any guesses? Somebody from Neogaf forums has also mentioned something about Shigeru Miyamoto also dropping hints on his own Twitter account. An RPG Mario, maybe?

We'll keep you posted on this. In the meantime, we'll keep following Martinet in case he tweets another exciting development in his new Mario voiceover job.

via QJ

I hope it is an RPG.It's great they are making more Mario games while there's 2 on the way.

Retweet Police Drug Raid Wii Bowling Party

Lakeland, Flordia should be ashamed. While raiding the residence for drugs, the police themselves thought it would be fun to play the Nintendo Wii that was hooked up on a big screen TV. Little did they know that a hidden camera was filming the area and they were caught playing the game while they were supposed to be working, for a whole 9 hours. The policemen were having sop much fun with the bowling minigame on WiiSports that they actually got the hang of it and got real good. It was reported that 16 officers were on the scene. An investigation into the matter was initiated.

Retweet Wii Sports Resort Has Over 1.25m US Sales

Wii Sports Resort has sold over 1.25 million units in North America, according to Nintendo.

And the new peripheral for the Wii, the MotionPlus accessory, has sold 2.9 million copies in the region – including units sold with Wii Sports Resort, 1.36 million standalone sales and 257,000 units bundled with EA's Tiger Woods PGA Tour 10.

Nintendo of America has also confirmed that it will now be bundling two MotionPlus units with Wii Sports Resort for USD 59.99.

In the UK, Wii Sports Resort and the MotionPlus add-on have been bundled in a new hardware package alongside the Wii console for around GBP 189.99.

Via DCemu

Retweet New Product: Wii Remote XL+

This new Wiimote being offered in Europe looks really cool, with many features that the current set lacks; wireless nunchuck, rechargeable batteries built-in, and of course the kicker, MotionPlus+ support without the extra dongle. No word on whether this Wii Remote will be offered in the USA. It certainly packs a punch compared to the Mad Catz Wiimote and the Nyko Wand.

More info after the jump.

The Remote XL+ comes with integrated Wii Motion Plus, as well as an external sync button to make synchronising remotes that bit easier, and a built in battery which can be charged via usb cable.

To go with this is the Wireless Motion XL, which is basically a wireless Nunchuck. Being wireless it is obviously battery operated, but with the same charging capabilities as the Remote XL + and an off/on switch, the Nunchuck should have no problems pleasing everyone.

'We are pleased to offer innovative accessories that go Electronic Theatre Imagebeyond the usual offerings to our customers. The XL+ series was just the logical consequence of the market developments in recent months and the buyer will receive innovative and practical accessories from one source, without buying several gadgets.' Mike Steup, managing director of Sunflex Europe told us about the range of controls.

The premium controllers should be available around November 15, the prices for the controls are as follows:

 •  Remote XL+ - Around $94 AUD
 •  Wireless Motion XL - Around $56 AUD

Via MyWii

Retweet Daily Deals: Mario Power Tennis for less than $20

Amazon has a good deal on Mario Power Tennis.

Power Tennis incorporates multiple characters, themes, and locations from the Mario series. The game includes standard tennis matches, but contains variants that feature different scoring formats and objectives. Other variants include "Gimmick" courts, thematic areas with components and properties that directly affect gameplay. The game consists of 18 playable characters, each categorised by their style of play and each with a pair of unique moves known as "Power Shots". Power Tennis was developed simultaneously with Mario Golf: Toadstool Tour, and the pair shared similar technology and concepts with each other during production. Such similarities include an emphasis on the Mario theme in characters and settings as well as alternative game modes such as "Ring Shot".

The game was positively received in general, attaining an aggregate score of 81 percent from Game Rankings and 80 percent from Metacritic. Critics praised the game's depth and variety, but criticised the Power Shot animations, which could not be skipped.
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Retweet Metroid: Other M takes place between Super Metroid and Metroid Fusion?

Metroid co-creator Yoshio Sakamoto has said he'd 'encourage' Retro Studios - developer of the Metroid Prime games - to come up with another idea for the series.

'With regards to the Prime series, if the team at Retro comes up with an idea that does bring a sequel to the series to fruition, I by all means encourage them to do that,' he said.

'But I'm not directly involved with the Prime games. In terms of the Metroid series stories that I've told, the games that I've been involved in, I started with the NES Metroid and took it through Fusion.

'I'm hoping to tie the Super Metroid and Fusion stories together, and until I do that I can't think about what happens after Fusion, but if the concept does come to me I'd like to continue the story and see how far it can go,' he told Wired.

Sakamoto also spoke of his aims with the upcoming (and sweet-looking) Metroid Other M. 'Within the greater Metroid series, the Other M story will tie together the stories that took place in Super Metroid and Metroid Fusion,' he said.

'One of my goals is to present Samus as an appealing human character, and that involves explaining a little bit about what happened in her past as well as the characters that influenced her. The story will play a big part.'

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Retweet Super Smash Bros. Brawl stage builder exploit discovered!

A new exploit for the Nintendo Wii was discovered today and it seems this one is quite difficult for Nintendo to patch. The exploit found by comex explores a vulnerability in Super Smash Bros. Brawl's stage builder code to run arbitrary homebrew code. So what's the difference between this and the others released before?

This is different from other exploit because this one does not go through the System Menu, and as of this time, Nintendo has no method on the Wii for patching games. Currently it will load an elf file from /boot.elf on the SD card.

To use use the exploit, all you have to do is delete all the custom stages of SSBB on your Wii, then copy over the file. When you enter the stage builder menu, it will automatically run /boot.elf on SD. The coder says that the exploit will be released soon, in the meantime, watch the video below to see the exploit in action.